Kashmir Schools Federation opposes tagging option

Srinagar, Dec 16: The Kashmir Schools Federation (KSF) Saturday opposed the government’s decision to tag the students of the private schools, having land issues, with other schools and deny registration forms to the students for their respective schools.

Addressing a news conference in Srinagar, KSF President Shakeel Hafiz said that the decision of the Board of School Education (BOSE) to not accept the forms of the students from their original schools was arbitrary, uncalled for, and unjustified.

“BOSE cannot stop the students of these schools from appearing in the class 10th examination from their respective schools as they have already accepted the Registration Return Forms (RRF) of these students in class 9th last year,” Hafiz told media persons.

He said that the BOSE would have to allow the students to appear in the exams from their respective schools which had land issues or had to complete other formalities as well.
“We will approach the BOSE Chairman and Director of School Education Kashmir as well. We will deliberate on the issue with them and we are hopeful that there will be an amicable solution to the issue,” he said.

The KSF statement comes a day after Chairman BOSE said that certain private schools were not able to fulfill the norms set by the State, resulting in the suspension of their affiliation and registration.

The BOSE Chairman said that they would tag students of these private schools (defaulting schools) with nearby schools and allow them to appear for class 10th exams.

“There is no need to tag the students of these schools with other schools. Whatever the formalities are to be completed, they (the government) should give some time frame to these schools to fulfill all these formalities,” Hafiz said.

He said that at this juncture, the administration should allow the students to appear in the exams from their respective schools without tagging them with any other school.

“We have to consider the future of students and I request the administration to give some time to these private schools and do away with the tagging system. The option of tagging students with other schools will not be accepted at all,” Hafiz said.